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Gun Sense Action Committee Rally at the Myrtle Beach Gun & Knife Show

Posted October 24, 2022 by HCDP in Events

Keep Myrtle Beach Family Friendly Join the HCDP Gun Sense Action Committee march on Oak Street across from the Convention Center in protest the absence of background checks for firearm sales, the newly enacted Open Carry (with permit) law, and the City’s support and encouragement of gun sales in Horry County. The Horry County Democratic Party…

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Fear in a Safe Place

Posted September 13, 2019 by HCDP in News

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By Bob Gatty Two young teenage boys came home the other day having been traumatized at school. That's what happens when kids are forced to participate in active shooter drills. It makes them think, "This is real. It could absolutely happen to me." Those boys are the sons of Marcus Grainger and they are students at Myrtle…

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Time to End the Hate

Posted April 30, 2019 by V. Susan Hutchinson in Community Voices, News

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By Barbara J. Sloan A Texas church, a Pittsburgh synagogue, New Zealand mosques, Christian churches in Sri Lanka and now Chabad in Poway, CA. All have been attacked by haters who believe that others do not have the right to worship as they wish–or even to live. Just a couple of years ago a similar tragedy was…

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Horry Democrats Target Gun Show Loophole

Posted February 14, 2019 by V. Susan Hutchinson in News

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By HCDP Gun Sense Action Committee. Why is it so easy for criminals to buy guns? With a goal of making that question no longer relevant, the HCDP’s Gun Sense Action Committee launched the Keep Myrtle Beach Family Friendly campaign. This campaign aims to generate public support requiring gun shows to do background checks on all gun…

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Trump’s Toothless Bump Stocks ‘Ban’

Posted December 20, 2018 by HCDP in News

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By David Higham. After nearly a full year of review, the US Justice Department (DOJ) has issued a final rule to prohibit the manufacture, sale and ownership of bump stocks and similar devices. A bump stock is an accessory that when affixed to a semi-automatic rifle, uses the rifle's recoil action to simulate the rapid fire of a machine-gun. Bump…

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HCDP on the Issues

Posted October 1, 2018 by HCDP in Information, News

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by Bob Gatty, Director of Communications Horry County Democratic Party has developed a series of “white papers” outlining our position, concerns, and call-to-action on the many issues that affect us all. The papers are available here or by clicking on the “Issues” navigation button above. The papers, developed by an outstanding team of volunteer writers and editors…

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